On 9 July 2020, Human Rights Watch urged Bangladeshi authorities to immediately move more than 300 Rohingya refugees, including 33 children, from the silt island of Bhasan Char to the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps to join their families. Despite inviting UNHCR and other UN agencies to Bhasan Char island, the Bangladesh government is yet to […]
Paraguay: Covid-19 and Detention
By 9 July, Paraguay had recorded 2,554 cases of Covid-19 and 20 deaths. The country has taken specific measures concerning non-citizens. The Paraguayan migration authority (Dirección General de Migraciones) has prolonged the validity of permits that expired after 13 March 2020. This measure affects people whose temporary residence permits expired after 13 March; non-citizens who […]
Slovenia Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Slovenia Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Slovenia, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Slovenia Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Slovenia: Country Page Slovenia: COVID-19 Updates Report: Immigration Detention in Slovenia: Where They Call Detention a “Limitation of Movement” […]
Slovenia: Covid-19 and Detention
Responding to the Global Detention Project’s Covid-19 survey, the Slovenian Human Rights Ombudsman reported that no moratorium on new immigration detention orders had been established by Slovenia and that no such measure was under consideration. Contrary to information published by ECRE (see 15 May Slovenia update on this platform), stating that immigration detainees had been […]
Poland: Covid-19 and Detention
Responding to the Global Detention Project’s Covid-19 survey, the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman’s office) contacted the Polish Border Guard to obtain information concerning Covid-19 measures for migrants and refugees. The commissioner said that the Polish Border Guard had informed them that on 17 March, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Border Guard ordered the […]
Chad Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Chad Detention Data (2020)\ The latest detention-related data from Chad, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Chad Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Chad: Country Page Chad: COVID-19 Updates Chad: International Law […]
Uganda Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Uganda Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Uganda, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Uganda Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Uganda: Country Page Uganda: COVID-19 Updates Uganda: International Law […]
Uganda: Covid-19 and Detention
Often praised for having an open-door policy for refugees, Uganda closed its borders in March, leaving thousands of refugees and asylum seekers stranded and unable to enter the country (see 6 April update). Since May, approximately 10,000 refugees have been camped out on the Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo border, having fled escalating violence in eastern […]
Sweden: Covid-19 and Detention
Responding to the Global Detention Project’s Covid-19 survey, the Swedish Parliamentary Ombudsman’s office reported that Sweden had not established a moratorium on new immigration detention orders and that no such measure was under consideration. The Ombudsman’s office indicated that the Swedish police released immigration detainees in cases where expulsion could not be executed in the […]
Estonia Immigration Detention Data Profile (2020)
Estonia Detention Data (2020) The latest detention-related data from Estonia, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Estonia Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Estonia: Country Page Estonia: COVID-19 Updates […]
